Rao

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GABRIEL J. BRADWAY, No. 2:20-cv-0436 JAM KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER DR. VASHODARA RAO, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se, in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 23, 2021, under the mailbox rule, plaintiff filed a motion “concerning discovery request,” which the undersigned construes as a motion to compel responses to his requests for admissions, sets one and two. Defendant filed an opposition; plaintiff did not file a reply. As set forth below, plaintiff’s motion is denied as untimely. I. Discovery and Scheduling Order On March 31, 2021, a discovery and scheduling order issued setting the deadline for filing motions to compel discovery as July 22, 2021. (ECF No. 61.) “All requests for discovery pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 31, 33, 34 or 36 shall be served not later than sixty days prior to that date,” or May 24, 2021. (ECF No. 61 at 5.) 27 1 …